A biography for Keith Ellisonhasn’t been written yet.
“Decent wages keep people out of homeless shelters. Decent wages allow families to afford books and, I don't know, school fees and things like that.”
“Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them.”
“I'm an energetic person. I work hard.”
“People will politicize religion; we see it in every faith, in every religion. We see it with Pat Robertson, in my opinion, and we see it with the Taliban.”
“Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.”
“People spend money on negative campaigning because it works.”
“Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy.”
“Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.”
“How are we all going to pitch in to fix this party to make working America know that the Democratic party is absolutely on their side? That's the real question.”
“I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life.”
“You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.”
“I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.”
“People like, George Soros, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sax, Dean Baker, Robert Poland, Larry Summers have said they all support a transaction tax.”
“A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal.”
“At the end of the day, the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott had to be converted into the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We don't want politicians who've gotta be coaxed, cajoled and protested. We want them on our side from the beginning.”
“I know a lot of police officers who are on the force to do the right thing to protect people. But how can you deny this pattern, this disturbing pattern, Alton Sterling, Mr. Castile in my own community, Philando Castile, but then Tamir Rice, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland?”
“I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and condemn the anti-Semitic statements and actions of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and Khalid Muhammed.”
“Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.”
“I support Israel. And I have long supported a two-state solution and a democratic and secure state for the Jewish people, with a democratic and viable Palestinian state side-by-side in peace and dignity.”
“When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.”